Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts:

Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits

Required Major Credits

Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Credits

Program Description:

This program fulfills an important role in training teachers at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to its emphasis in content areas of history and social science, it participates in the UNC/partner school program and the student-teaching experience/placement for its students. Experienced history faculty are regularly assigned the responsibility of observing our student teachers in the field. The end result of a student's study is a senior seminar completed under the direction of a faculty advisor during the senior year in residence.

A graduate with a bachelor's degree in history and who receives endorsement in the social studies licensure area is qualified to teach in the secondary schools and to pursue graduate study in history. Additionally, with a major in history a student may seek licensure for middle school teaching.

Program Admission Requirements:

Academic Good Standing

Program Requirements:

History majors must obtain a grade of “C” or better (C- is not acceptable) in all courses required for the major. Majors receiving a grade of "C-" or lower must retake the course -- or an equivalent approved by the academic advisor -- and receive a grade of "C" or better to have the course counted toward the major.

All history courses numbered 300 or higher include a research and writing component.

Phase IV (14 credits).

The History Secondary Education major should follow the phase program delineated by the STEP program.

No history major may apply for admission to the PTEP program until completion of at least 15 semester hours in the major. At least 9 of these hours must have been taken at the University of Northern Colorado. To be admitted to the Secondary PTEP in History (Phase III), a student must have a B- grade point average in courses counting toward the major and taken at UNC.

Before being permitted to apply for student teaching, a history major must have completed successfully 27 hours in the major and have at least a B- grade point average in major courses taken at UNC.

Candidates must pass the Praxis or Place test prior to Student Teaching.

Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.

All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.

Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.

Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.